Once we get past Thursday (unless the warm front get well north of here)you can go back to 1991 and still not find a year where GR has not gotten up to 60° or better! I do not see GR getting above 60 no earlier then the week of the 15th and maybe not then. And as for 70???? time will tell. It should be noted that south of the warm front temps are in the low to upper 60′s in Michigan and well into the 70′s south of the state.
SlimJim

Going back to 1991 we only have gone this late into the year without hitting 60 and or 70 one year that was 2002 and we reached 60 on the April 10 that year and then 72 on the llth At this time it dose not look like we will hit 70 until next week and more likely then not will not hit 60 either. (the warmest it has been in GR so far this year is 59°) While areas to our south have gotten to 60 we have not.
SlimJim

Bill just states the facts Travis. He at least admits that we are still ENTRENCHED in COLD pattern! You and the rest of the warm weather nuts will not leave your fantasy land! Keep fantasizing about 60 and 70 degree weather!

That right INDY – the facts elude many people around her! Keep up the good work!! We will be seeing more SNOW this Spring and there is absolutely no chance that GR will see 70 degrees on Wednesday. FOX 17 has lost their mind!!!

Bill – GREAT photo of the Lake Superior shoreline and all of that SNOW! What a beautiful site. I am considering driving up there this weekend – they will be getting hammered with SNOW this week. AMAZING and I love it!!!!!!

It sure was nice going south to southern Indiana this weekend. It was in the upper 60′s for highs, I didn’t need to put on my hoodie until 9 or 9:30, and the temp was still 61° at 2am in Indianapolis on Sunday morning. The temperature has really spiked here at WMU. When I went into class before 2PM it was still chilly, then wind really picked up at about 2:50. And when I came out at 3:15 it was a good 10-15° warmer, and it was actually a warm wind.

And on a different note, we had the last of the snow melt off our deck on Saturday. I can’t believe it lasted until the 6th of April.

Well well my little weather hobos, layout bake out and wade out! Your ol uncle sparky is putting the chicken poop out in the garden of mars! Counting down the days till the minne green monsters get a taste of the natural sun! Sick of ol aunty Edna riden my hide bout the indoor garden of Saturn. May daze and bone head haze! Lets get to gettin my west mi blood brothers!

Awful day here a couple miles from Lake Michigan. It was 57 this morning, but once the wind kicked in off the lake, the afternoon was stuck around 40 with strong winds and fog off the lake. It’s 39 now. Ouch.

They have lost their minds. It may not even get above 50 degrees in GR on Wednesday and then more COLD with a rain/SNOW mix on Thursday and Friday. Just yesterday FOX 17 showed high in the mid 50′s for Thursday and Friday. I declare their entire forecast for this week as a 100% FAIL!! Just horrible!

I never look at the competition’s forecasts, but I did this time. FOX is still at 70 (and their discussion is incorrect in saying that the models have been moving in that direction…they have not…the GFS has been slowly and surely moving away from the warm solution since it first proposed it the middle of last week, bringing the low and front farther south with each model run. The 18Z GFS now is down to 50 for a high on Weds.). WZZM is 45, I’m 46, WWMT is 52 and the GRR NWS is low 40s (I think these are all good forecasts IMHO…WWMT is farther south in Kalamazoo). The GRR NWS has had excellent forecast discussions over the past week, giving their take on why the cooler solution was preferred. We’ve all had major forecast busts, so I’m not trying to pat myself on the back here, but there comes a time when it’s 4th down and 35 yards to go and it’s time to punt the ball.

Yea, you might not pay attention to your competitors forecast unless they are 30 degree warmer than your prediction! However, I agree, I’m not sure what he is thinking AND hopefully he doesn’t read this comment :p